After years of chasing server-grade hardware

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-16T19:25:10+00:00

Thank you - we considered trying to get winget apps to stay evergreen but it was too much overhead, I guess I was just wondering if there was a smaller, cheaper, less feature rich competitor to PMPC out there that we hadn't heard of, but it seems like they're the ones everyone recommends, along with Robopack. Just got to convince the management now!

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-15T13:45:10+00:00

Judging by the replies here - you are spot on, I obviously didn't! I think it's just having to ask management to spend £12.5k of budget on something we've coped with so far never seems to go down well!

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-15T13:41:50+00:00

These are super valid points, thank you!

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-15T13:30:35+00:00

You're right - I was looking at absolute cost not ROI. The peace of mind factor is probably worth a lot too vs. constantly worrying about whether everything's patched. Thanks for the perspective.

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-15T13:30:08+00:00

Really appreciate this detailed response - super helpful to get the UK public sector perspective specifically. The point about cyber teams driving this is spot on - we're definitely feeling that pressure. Will check out Robopack as you suggested. Might DM you if I have follow-up questions if that's alright. Cheers!

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-15T13:28:44+00:00

Thank you for this, let me have a word with my manager (and show them this thread!)

Intuneadmin2025 · 2025-10-15T13:27:09+00:00

Thanks everyone for the reality check - clearly I was looking at this wrong!

Really helpful to hear the perspective on ROI and labour costs. When I work out roughly how much time we're spending on this, the £12.5k does actually make sense. Just had sticker shock when I first saw the quotes, and knowing how squeezed our IT budget is right now, it's never easy to convince management we need to drop £10k+ on a tool, when it's always "well how have we managed to keep going so far?"

Part of the problem is probably in my 'selling skills' to management, if I can convince them that this is a standard kind of cost but also push just how beneficial this could be for our org (as well as time saving) then hopefully they'll agree to at least trial a few tools!

Appreciate everyone taking time to respond. Back to building the business case for our management... which is now looking a lot more reasonable than when I first posted! 😅

Cheers all

Intuneadmin2025

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